This week, Billy Langsworthy looks at why the toy space should be excited at some of the new VR tech being showcased at this year's Game Developers Conference. Oh, and there's a bit about a vagina speaker. You've been warned. This week, ...
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Virtual reality is the major tech craze of 2016, and it seems everyone wants a slice of the pie. Sky has announced a dedicated virtual reality studio that’s committed to developing 360-degree content. The Sky VR Studio will ...
Tags: Sky Launches VR Studio, 360-degree, Film
PlayStation VR will have 50 bespoke games by the end of 2016, Sony has confirmed during its GDC press conference. One exclusive VR experience coming to the headset is Star Wars Battlefront VR, which will no doubt excite prospective buyers ...
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The PlayStation VR release date was confirmed during Sony’s GDC press conference as October 2016 The price of the highly-anticipated headset was also revealed, costing $399, or £349 in the UK. Compared to the Oculus Rift ...
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In the race towards virtual reality dominance, Sony has made a curious admission. A senior Sony executive has admitted that the Oculus Rift offers a better experience than PlayStation VR. Speaking to Polygon, Masayasu Ito, Executive VP ...
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Minimum system requirements for the HTC Vive have been unveiled, and they’re as demanding as you'd expect. Much like the Oculus Rift, the Vive has similarly high expectations of your rig, although HTC requires for half the RAM as a ...
Virtual reality spans across a wide range of price points, but HTC’s only shown interest in the high-end so far. HTC is ‘open’ to the idea of a smartphone-based virtual reality headset. Speaking to TrustedReviews, Ryan ...
The Oculus Touch controllers for the Oculus Rift VR headset will not launch until the second half of 2016, the Facebook-owned company announced on Thursday. Oculus VR says it needs more tome to ‘perfect’ the handheld Touch ...
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HTC co-founder Cher Wang has claimed the long-awaited HTC Vive virtual reality headset will debut some previously unseen innovations at CES 2016 next month. Speaking at the Vive Unbound developers forum in Beijing, Wang claimed the new ...
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Everyone wants to get into the virtual reality game, including journalists. RT, formerly Russia Today, has announced the launch of a new mobile app for 360-degree video news. RT360 offers up panoramic video that puts audiences right in ...
Tags: virtual reality game, 360-degree video news, Electronics
Speaking at the F8 developer’s conference on Thursday, Facebook’s CTO Mike Schroepfer showed off an advanced version of the Eve: Valkyrie space-based shooter game to attendees. He hinted it won’t be long before excited ...
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In a surprise announcement during the HTC One M9 press conference at MWC 2015 in Barcelona, HTC announced a brand new virtual reality headset to be built in conjunction with Valve, the software giant whose Steam platform dominates PC ...
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The all-new 2016 Toyota Tacoma is coming to Chicago along with several eye-popping concepts and specialty vehicles that are sure to keep cameras clicking around the Toyota exhibit at the Chicago Auto Show. Toyota's presentation at McCormick ...
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Toyota and Oculus have announced the creation of a virtual reality driving simulator, which they hope will ease the passage for learner drivers. The TeenDrive365 program will place Oculus Rift-toting teenagers behind the wheel of a ...
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Early adopters who’ve snapped up the Samsung Gear VR Virtual Reality headset can now leap into fully immersive worlds thanks to a new video app. The Milk VR app delivers free 360-degree videos to the “Innovator Edition” ...
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